Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child’s health or wellbeing. Potential risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) tend to cluster in childhood and are strongly associated with obesity.High levels of free fatty acids originating from visceral fat reach the liver through the portal circulation and stimulate synthesis of the triglyceride-rich lipoprotein VLDL the resulting elevation in VLDL ca...